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Ellis Island Is Reopening With Damaged Museum

A year ago next week, Hurricane Sandy swamped Ellis Island and its immigration museum, ruining its electrical and air-conditioning systems and prompting the removal of most of its collection of artifacts.

Although much of the damage remains unrepaired, the National Park Service announced on Thursday that it would reopen the island to visitors on Monday. That day will also be the 127th anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, which stands on its own island in New York Harbor, a short — though illegal — swim from Ellis Island.

Tourists with tickets to ride a ferry to the statue will again have the choice to disembark on Ellis Island. They will be able to tour the main floor of the immigration museum and climb the stairs to the Great Hall, where doctors inspected millions of immigrants for contagious diseases.

Most of the artifacts remain in storage in Maryland. The gift shop will be open but the restaurant will not.

A Park Service spokesman, John Warren, said the museum would probably not be fully restored before the spring. The Park Service estimated that it would cost $77 million to repair the damage to the statue and Ellis Island.

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Still, the plan for the limited reopening was a relief to the companies that operate concessions around the monuments. “We’re just excited that Ellis has been reopened,” said Rafael Abreu, the director of sales and marketing for Statue Cruises, which runs the ferries to the islands.

The company will take passengers from Battery Park in Manhattan to Liberty Island, which reopened on July 4, and then to Ellis Island. Boats that depart from Liberty State Park on the New Jersey side of the harbor stop first at Ellis. The fare for adults is $17.

Mr. Abreu said ridership from Liberty State Park had “seen a drastic drop,” falling by almost half with Ellis closed.

A version of this article appears in print on October 25, 2013, on Page A22 of the New York edition with the headline: Ellis Island Is Reopening With Damaged Museum. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe